Cases - Filmreferenties

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• Spin-off van Sex & the City

Alien (universe)

• Tagline

  • In space no one can hear you scream

Back to the Future

• 3-act structuur

  • Inciting Incident

    • Doc Brown’s invention … the Rube Goldberg machine fails!

      • niet alle uitvindingen werken!

  • Plot Point 1

    • 88 miles/hour … back to 1955!

  • Plot Point 2

    • Get the car to the Square … before lightning strikes! (ipv Plutonium)

  • Climax

    • His ‘present’ is now better than his ‘past’ ever was!

• Character Arc

  • Marty is niet veranderd, zijn hele omgeving is veranderd

• Themes and meaning

  • storyworld

    • 3 Movies ​

    • Technology vs. real world?​

    • Extras (music, SF, …)​

    • FAN ART​

    • Merchandising​

    • Expo/exhibition​

Bandersnatch

• Interactieve film waar kijker voor bepaalde keuzes gesteld wordt, die verhaal film veranderen

The Big Lebowski

• Tagline

  • They figured he was a lazy time wasting slacker. They were right.

Citizen Kane

• Tagline

  • Everybody’s talking about it! It’s terrific

• Themes and Meaning

  • Biopic

  • Media Industry

  • Power

  • Historical facts

  • Family Matters

  • Poor vs. rich

District 9

• Tagline

  • You are not welcome here

Dune

• Taglines

  • A world beyond your experience, beyond your imagination

  • Fear is the Mind Killer

Duyster

Onofficiële Vlaamse versie van the Blair Witch Project

Eternal sunshine of the Spotless Mind

• Themes and meaning

  • Storyworld of ‘eternal sunhine of the spotless mind’

    • The movie

    • Director’s storyboard

    • Extra stories based on film

    • Poster fan art

    • Merchandising

E.T.

• 3-act structuur

  • Plot Point 1

    • Elliott ontdekt E.T.

  • Plot Point 2

    • Kinderen gaan hem helpen zijn vrienden terug te vinden

  • Climax

    • Wanneer ET naar huis gaat

• metaforen & Foreshadowing

  • ET en Elliott hebben parallelle verhalen

Final Cut

• Film gemaakt van allemaal fragmenten uit andere films

Goodfellas

• Themes and meaning

  • Violence & force

  • Loyalty & belonging

  • Drugs

  • Restraint & silence

  • Immigration

  • Food preparation

  • Power

Harry Potter

The Hero’s Journey

1. The Ordinary World

   Harry Potter lives in the cupboard under the stairs at 4 Privet Drive

2. Call to Adventure

   Harry receives a letter to attend Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardy

3. Refusal of the Call

   Harry doesn’t believe that he could be a real wizard

4. Meeting the Mentor

   Hagrid takes Harry to Diagon Alley, where Harry purchases his school equipment

5. Crossing the First Threshold

   Harry learns about his parents’ death at the hands of Lord Voldemort

6. Tests, Allies, Enemies

   Harry adjusts to life at Hogwarts

7. Approach to the Inmost Cave

   Harry, Ron and Hermione plan to get the Philosopher’s Stone before Snape

8. Ordeal

   Harry, Ron and Hermione overcome the obstacles set up to protect the Philosophers Stone

9. Reward!

   Harry enters the room where the Philosopher’s Stone is hidden

10. The Road Back

    Harry faces professor Quirrel, who has been hosting Voldemort in his body

11. Ressurection

    Harry wakes up in the hospital; Dumbledore explains that Harry is protected by his mother’s love

12. Return with the Elixir

    Harry returns to 4 Privet Drive for the summer, happy to belong at Hogwarts

The Hobbit

The Hero’s Journey

1. The Ordinary World

   Bilbo Baggins, a very well-to-do hobbit of Bag End, sits outside his front porch. He smokes a wooden pipe, as usual.

2. Call to Adventure

   Gandalf arrives and tells him that he’s looking for someone to share in an adventure that he’s arranging.

3. Refusal of the Call

   Bilbo turns down the overture but makes the mistake of inviting Gandalf for tea the next day - unwittingly putting himself in the path of the journey.

4. Meeting the Mentor

   Gandalf comes to tea with a gang of dwarves. They sing an ancient song of the treasure in the Lonely Mountain, making Bilbo dream of adventure.

5. Crossing the First Threshold

   Bilbo packs his bags and leaves Hobbiton behind, crossing the threshold into the Special World.

6. Tests, Allies, Enemies

   Bilbo faces trolls, bloodthirsty spiders, unfriendly Wood Elves, and a Gollum - but he befriends elves from Rivendell and the bear-man, Beorn

7. Approach to the Inmost Cave

   The dwarves and Bilbo get closer to the Inmost Cave: the Lonely Mountain in which Thorin’s treasure lies.

8. Ordeal

   Up goes Bilbo to face Smaug, the dragon who jealously guards the gold within the Lonely Mountain.

9. Reward!

   Smaug dies and the dwarves gain control of the Lonely Mountain once more - and all its treasure

10. The Road Back

    Bilbo gets caught up in the conflict between the dwarves and the Lake Men, who demand compensation for their aid in the fight against Smaug. Thorin refuses

11. Ressurection

    The Battle of the Five Armies breaks out and Bilbo loses consciousness

12. Return with the Elixir

    Bilbo returns home to Hobbiton with his share of the treasure and a lot of wisdom gained.

The Irishman

• Themes and meaning

  • Storyworld of Martin Scorsese

    • Film history addict

    • Trademark: USA vs. EU

      • Theme

        • Gangsters

        • Crime

    • Musically driven content

Jaws

• Tagline tweede film

  • Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water…

The Hero’s Journey: The Lion King

1. The Ordinary World

   Simba is heir to the throne in the Pride Lands.

2. Call to Adventure

   Scar kills Mufasa and tells Simba to leave the Pride Lands.

3. Refusal of the Call

   Simba, scared and alone, retreats to the desert

4. Meeting the Mentor

   Timon and Pumbaa introduce Simba to life in the jungle

5. Crossing the First Threshold

   Simba embraces the ‘hakuna matata’ life and lives with Timon and Pumbaa

6. Tests, Allies, Enemies

   Nala finds Simba and the two fall in love

7. Approach to the Inmost Cave

   Nala asks Simba to return to the Pride Lands and to take the throne from Scar

8. Ordeal

   Simba must choose to save his kingdom or to keep living his new life

9. Reward!

   Mufasa’s ghost tells Simba he must return to the Pride Lands

10. The Road Back

    Simba returns to the Pride Lands and faces Scar

11. Ressurection

    Simba learns that Scar killed his father; Simba throws Scar off Pride Rock

12. Return with the Elixir

    Simba ascends Pride Rock and reclaims the throne

The Hero’s Journey: Lord of the Rings

1. The Ordinary World

   Frodo lives comfortably in the Shire and visits Bilbo

2. Call to Adventure

   Gandalf tells Frodo that he must destroy the One Ring

3. Refusal of the Call

   Frodo is reluctant to leave the life he knows

4. Meeting the Mentor

   Gandalf introduces Frodo to the Fellowship of the Ring

5. Crossing the First Threshold

   The Fellowship set off on their journey to Mount Doom

6. Tests, Allies, Enemies

   The Fellowship faces the Balrog, who drags Gandalf into the pit with it

7. Approach to the Inmost Cave

   Frodo sees the Ring’s corruptive power and goes forward alone with Sam

8. Ordeal

   Gollum leads Frodo away from Sam to Shelob’s layer, but Sam saves him

9. Reward!

   Frodo, corrupted by the Ring’s power, no longer wants to destroy it

10. The Road Back

    Gollum bites off Frodo’s Ring finger and jumps after it to his death

11. Ressurection

    Sauron is defeated and Frodo and Sam reunite with the Fellowship

12. Return with the Elixir

    Traumatized, Frodo leaves Middle Earth to live in the Gray Havens with the Elves

Love Actually

• Tagline

  • The ultimate romantic comedy

The Matrix

• 3-act structure

  • Act 1: Neo living in the Matrix

    • PP 1: Neo chooses the red pill

  • Act 2: Neo is lectured about the Matrix & real world, Morpheus’ team suffers an ambush

    • PP 2: Neo chooses to save Morpheus

  • Act 3: Neo fights Smith

The Hero’s Journey: The Matrix

1. The Ordinary World

   Thomas Anderson lives a double life as a regular citizen and as Neo, a hacker

2. Call to Adventure

   Neo receives cryptic messages referencing ‘The Matrix’

3. Refusal of the Call

   Neo talks to Trinity but isn’t sure if it’s a dream

4. Meeting the Mentor

   Morpheus tells Neo to take the red pill (shows truth) or the blue pill (return to old life)

5. Crossing the First Threshold

   Neo chooses the red pill and wakes up from the Matrix

6. Tests, Allies, Enemies

   Morpheus trains Neo to fulfill his role as ‘the One’ who will free humanity

7. Approach to the Inmost Cave

   The Oracle tells Neo that he or Morpheus will die, and Neo has the power to choose who

8. Ordeal

   Neo’s group is ambushed by Agents in the Matrix

9. Reward!

   Neo blames himself for Morpheus’ capture, and reenters the Matrix to save him

10. The Road Back

    Before Neo can leave the Matrix again, Agent Smith kills him

11. Ressurection

    Trinity tells Neo she loves him, so he must be the One; Neo revives and kils Agent Smith

12. Return with the Elixir

    Neo makes a call in the Matrix, telling the machines that he will free humanity

Network

• Theme and meaning

  • Prophetic movie on the backstage economics and politics of network news

  • The fall, rise and fall of Howard Beale driven by economic concerns

  • Foresaw the notion of news as entertainment and the role of the profit imperative

Newsroom

• Storyworld

  • TV series (3 seasons / 25 episodes) ​

  • showrunner: Aaron Sorkin
    ​

  • Extra stories developed, based on themes

  • subjects of the show, that were sometimes related/based upon real-life stories (perpetual news circle)​

No Time to Die

• Tagline

  • The 25th film will change everything

Pulp Fiction

• Pulp

  • A soft, moist, shapeless mass of matter

  • A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and being charateristically printed on rough, unfinished paper

• Themes and meaning

  • It is a tragic film without the sadness and a comedy without a comic plot

  • It champions itself as a film that bends political correctness

  • From the beginning the title makes reference to the pulp American trashy novels that were popular and full of violence and by sanitising and glorifying the violence, it plays homage tot it at the same time as being self referential and mocking it

Rebel

• 3-act structuur

  • Act 1:

    • Set-up: Kamal groeit op

    • Inciting incident: oudere broer beslist te vertrekken

    • PP1: oorlogsslachtoffers in Syrië gaan helpen

  • Act 2:

    • Confrontation: opgepakt

    • Midpoint: moet aanslagen filmen, gaat viraal zelf in beeld

    • PP2: broertje wordt gekidnapt eigenlijk, gerekruteerd

  • Act 3:

    • Resolution: beide zonen zijn weg

    • Climax: moeder probeert alles om hem terug te krijgen

      
      

The Social Network

• Tagline

  • You don’t get to 500 million friends without a few enemies

• Themes and meaning

  • using the margins of big business, greed, and betrayal as the touchstones of loneliness and isolation.

  • It is the story of Faecbook’s founding and of the he-said, she-said murkienss over who should get credit for the most important innovation since the internet

Story Circle: Star Wars

• You

  • Luke is working at his uncle’s farmon Tatooine

• Need

  • Luke finds a distress message from princess Leia. The message leads him to Jedi Master, Obi-wan Kenobi. Obi-wan asks Luke to join him in a rebellion against the empire.

• Go

  • Luke decides to join Obi-Wan and fight the empire after the empire kills his family. He leaves Tatooine

• Search

  • Luke learns the way of the force. They are captured by the emire’s death star and plan their escape

• Find

  • They discover princess Leia is being held prisoner oboard. They rescue her from her cell.

• Take

  • Obi-Wan sacrifices himself, creating a distraction so the rest of them can escape the death star

• Return

  • They fight off an attack & return to the base camp of the rebellion to plot the destruction of the death star

• Change

  • Luke uses the ways of the force and successfully destroys the death star with the help of his friends

Hero’s Journey: Star Wars

1. The Ordinary World

   Luke Skywalker lives on moisture farm on Tatooine

2. Call to Adventure

   R2-D2 gives Luke a message from Princess Leia, asking Obi-Wan Kenobi to help her

3. Refusal of the Call

   Luke is reluctant to accept Obi-Wan’s offer

4. Meeting the Mentor

   Obi-Wan Kenobi gives Luke his father’s lightsaber and offers to train Luke to be a Jedi. (This step happens before the refusal of the call in Star Wars only)

5. Crossing the First Threshold

   Luke accompanies Obi-Wan to Alderaan to deliver the plans dor the Death Star to Leia’s father

6. Tests, Allies, Enemies

   Han Solo and Chewbacca agree to take Luke and Obi-Wan to Alderaan

7. Approach to the Inmost Cave

   The Death Star destroys Alderaan; they invade the Death Star and save Princess Leia

8. Ordeal

   The group rescue Leia, but Darth Vader kills Obi-Wan Kenobi in the process

9. Reward!

   Luke decides to join the Rebels to destroy the Death Star

10. The Road Back

    Luke refuses Han Solo’s offer to leave, choosing to help overcome the Galactic Empire.

11. Ressurection

    Luke remembers Obi-Wan’s advice and uses the Force to help him destroy the Death Star

12. Return with the Elixir

    Luke wins a medal and takes his first steps towards becoming a jedi.

Space Odyssey

Film die verstopt zit in de cover van Piet zijn boek

The Hero’s Journey: Spiderman

1. The Ordinary World

   Peter Parker is a nerdy student who is bullied by his classmates

2. Call to Adventure

   A genteically engineerd spider bites ëter and he wakes up with powers

3. Refusal of the Call

   Peter uses his powers to win matches at an underground wrestling ring for cash

4. Meeting the Mentor

   Uncle Ben advises Peter that ‘with great power comes great responsibility’

5. Crossing the First Threshold

   Peter stops Uncle Ben’s killer and realizes he must use his powers to stop crime

6. Tests, Allies, Enemies

   Peter becomes Spider-Man and takes photos for the Daily Bugle

7. Approach to the Inmost Cave

   The Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) asks Spider-Man to join him, but Peter refuses

8. Ordeal

   Norman figures out that Peter is Spider-Man end kidnaps Mary-Jane

9. Reward!

   Spider-Man saves Mary Jane and learns the Green Goblin’s identity

10. The Road Back

    At Norman’s funeral, Harry, Peter’s best friend, swears to avenge his father’s death

11. Ressurection

    Mary Jane confesses her love for Peter, but he rejects her to keep her from danger

12. Return with the Elixir

    Peter recalls Uncle Ben’s words and embraces his role as Spider-Man

Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse

• Themes and meaning

  • Storyworld of spider man

    • Comic books

    • #tv series

    • #movies (fiction/animation)

    • (Interactive) games

    • Rock Musical

    • All sorts of fan art

    • Merchandising

The Substance

• Tagline

  • Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself?

Taxi Driver

• How to write a screenplay

  • Theme = loneliness

  • Metaphor = The Cabbie, the perfect expression of urban loneliness

Tenet

• Tagline

  • Time has come

Titanic

• Themes:

  • Love

  • Class

  • Time

  • Power

  • Memory

  • Greed

  • Loss

• 3-act structuur

  • Plot Point 1

    • Jack verhindert Rose van de boot af te springen

  • Plot Point 2

    • Rose beslist als vrouw om toch niet mee in reddingboot te gaan

  • Climax

    • De deur scène

Wicked

• Tagline

  • Tell everyone

Zillion

• 3-act structuur

  • Act 1:

    • Set-up: Club Carré

    • Inciting incident: wordt buitengesmeten, wilt zichzelf bewijzen

    • PP1: gaat eigen disco starten dat vorige belachelijk maakt

  • Act 2:

    • Confrontation:

    • Midpoint: verandert van computer kerel in figuur van Antwerps nachtleven

  • Act 3:

    • PP2: gaat fout

    • Climax: club wordt onder loep genomen